D.C. Mayor's Campaign Driver Charged With Conspiracy

A sixth person has been charged with a crime related to illegal funding of District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 campaign. News4's Tom Sherwood reports.

(Published Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014)

“Mark Long’s guilty plea is further evidence that this 2010 mayoral campaign was rife with corruption," U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald Machen said. “Our work continues.”

A charging document says Long was paid by a public-relations firm to serve as Gray's driver and that those payments weren't reported to campaign-finance officials. It also says Long was involved in a scheme to pay another candidate to drop out of the race and endorse Gray. The document does not identify Gray by name, but prosecutors have previously named him in court in related cases.

Long's sentencing is scheduled for October.

He is cooperating with investigators looking into the scandal, but it is still unknown what information he may be providing.